p. 15 | Kansas by W. H. Thurston

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 7, 1910

Kansas

By W. H. Thurston

The Kansas Conference, according to our last report, has as many Sabbath-keepers and nearly as many churches as three union conferences combined; namely, Canadian, Southern, and West Canadian unions. The offerings for 1900 were about eighteen thousand dollars, and the tithe was nearly forty thousand dollars. The people have money, and they have a mind to give, and the Lord is blessing the cheerful contributions of both men and means for the advancement of the gospel work at home and abroad.

The monthly reports from the field bring the glad news of others accepting the truth, and still others investigating. While there is opposition without and some within, the work moves steadily onward, and believers are added to the church. Aside from those who are actively engaged in the various departments of conference work, we are endeavoring to interest all in the distribution of reading-matter and general missionary work.

In addition to the winter efforts of our laborers in schoolhouses, halls, and among the churches, we have held several general meetings and Sabbath-school and young people's conventions, with good results. Two churches have been dedicated, and another will soon be ready for dedication. A very successful canvassers' institute was held early in February, and two more are to follow. A goodly number of faithful men and women are entering the book work for a continuous, united, successful effort.

The conference committee has held its spring council, and formulated plans for the summer's work. There will be seven or eight well-organized tent companies in the field this year, and good results are expected from these faithful efforts.

The sanitarium, located at Wichita, is doing a successful business, and the outlook for the medical work is hopeful. At the close of the campaign with “Ministry of Healing,” if not before, we expect to have a medical jubilee.

The academy, located at Oswego, is in a prosperous condition, and we are planning to start an intermediate school in the northwestern part of the State in the near future.

We are endeavoring to keep all departments of work moving on evenly, and the outlook is encouraging. The work is the Lord's, and we are colaborers with him. Harmonious action and faithfulness on our part will bring success, and the work will triumph gloriously, and we shall triumph with it. So may it be.

W. H. Thurston.